Death is an interesting and recurring theme in the life of Emily Whitehurst. Which is why it made lots of sense to center her new Survival Guide album, deathdreams, around this eerie topic. Due for release on October 19th via Double Helix Records, the record was inspired by several dreams that Whitehurst had been having that involved her death. It’s been something that has oddly repeatedly come up in her life over the years. Her family owned a funeral home in the Northern California town she grew up in. Sadly, her older brother also died young of cancer. There is a lot of imagery and feelings that arise when we contemplate and discuss death. Listeners are often attracted to darker or more ominous subject matter, so it made a lot of sense to make it a focal point of these songs. Whitehurst ...